Overview

Akron Children’s Learning Program in the NeuroDevelopmental Science Center provides thorough assessments to identify the factors affecting a child’s difficulties in school performance.

Our center also provides recommendations about how your child can reach his full potential.

The most commonly diagnosed factors are ADHD, reading disabilities and language disorders.

However, we frequently treat children with anxiety disorders, depression or other emotional concerns that are interfering with school performance.

What To Expect

For your child's first appointment to Akron Children's Learning Program, we will schedule a 3-hour evaluation with a developmental-behavioral pediatrician or nurse practitioner, speech therapist and pediatric nurse.

During this initial appointment, our team takes a broad-based look at all the factors that could be affecting your child’s performance in school.

A developmental-behavioral provider meets with you and your child to:

review her medical and developmental history

perform a thorough physical and neurological exam

discuss your child’s strengths and concerns that can either be built or improved upon

A speech therapist then evaluates your child’s ability to speak, read and transfer his thoughts to paper. A nurse performs an assessment on reasoning, problem-solving, mathematics, and paper and pencil skills.

The developmental-behavioral pediatrician will schedule a conference with the family to review results one week after the evaluation. She will make recommendations for next steps and answer questions.

Akron Children's Hospital is one of the largest pediatric hospitals in the U.S., and ranked among the best children's hospitals by U.S. News and World Report.
Our dedicated staff handles nearly 800,000 patient visits each year through our 2 hospital campuses and a large network of locations offering primary and specialty care.
We're leading the way to healthier futures for children and communities through expert medical care, research, and prevention and wellness programs.
As a teaching affiliate of Northeast Ohio Medical University and other universities,
we train new generations of pediatricians, specialists and nurses every year.
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